I am a bad little writer. Evil. Horrible. Just sick in the mind.

Did that cover it?

I really am sorry for disappearing on you all! I think the whole idea of "no more school" kind of got to my head. But I'm back, promise! This chapter proposed some serious writers block. Honestly, if writers block was an actual disease, I would have been on my death bed. But I got through it! And I hope I actually accomplished something :)

I hope that you aren't so mad at me that you don't at least enjoy this chapter a little?

Sorry, again!

Please enjoy!

P.S. I added a one-shot called "The Forth Reason Why" which is an expert from Thirteen Reasons Why but in Edward's POV, so check that out if you haven't already!

P.S.S. This is my first chapter writing as a fourteen year old! :) Hah, tell me if you notice the difference. (I can't)

Reason Three

The light spilled gloriously across her pale skin as she emerged from the shadows. Her steps were small and hesitant as she approached the piano. Her eyes peered at me warily.

And then the song continued.

"And we both know..."

Bella smiled timidly as she sang. Her eyes were wide and questioning, and it took me a moment to realize that I should have been singing along with her.

My fingers were nevertheless useless as they trickled over the keys, replaying the same measure over and over again.

Finally, I joined her.

"That our love will grow. And forever it will be."

Bella's entire body appeared to ease as the word forever brushed past her lips.

"You and me."

The last note hung in the air as the need to hold her, pricked the ends of my fingers.

She bit her lip sheepishly and slowly lowered the microphone as I openly gawked her.

Then the clapping thundered in my eardrums.

Bella and I both glanced at the small audience as they displayed a round of ovation. I could hear a few whispers and thoughts sail through my head and bombard my brain, but the fog of voices quickly dispersed as Bella's eyes locked on my own.

Propelling through my incomprehensible mind was one word that seemed to seep through my body like honey, sweet and thick.

Forever.

xxxx

We hadn't spoken since we'd stepped off the stage.

The rain had finally let up, but the late night air was still impenetrable with moisture.

Bella was driving again. Being the passenger allowed me a better excuse to stare at her, so I wasn't going to object.Her hand was embraced in my own, resting on the console. The silence that we lingered in was comfortable, but finally, I broke it. "How long?"

"Excuse me?" It was if I had pulled her from another thought, her eyelashes fluttered from the road towards me.

"How long had you been planning that?"

The moment had been perfect. Much too perfect. And there had been a sheet of music on the piano. She had just informed me about these thirteen reasons this morning. She had rarely been out of my sight at all today.

My question made her shrug out my gaze and stare apprehensively out the windshield and into the murky night. "A while," she admitted after a long moment.

"Bella," I whispered through my teeth, trying my best to keep my frustration under control. I had thought that her furtive mind was something I would become used to after three decades. That, quite obviously, was not the case.

"Alice helped me," she confessed. "I've been planning it since before the change." The last part was said quietly. Only a few syllables had managed to get past her lips.

"Before the change," I repeated, not quite understanding. Could she possibly be implying that she had been planning this since she was human? I balked at the idea. Planning something this ridiculous for over thirty years? She'd have to be insane…

The questions that were quickly forming in my mind distracted me and before I knew it – and certainly before I would have liked – Bella stopped the car. And that meant – of course – that I wouldn't be receiving answers to those questions any time soon.

As if on cue, the passenger side door was being flung open and a pixie-like tornado was sweeping Bella away.

I shook my head in silent amusement and stepped out of the car before hunting down the tempest.

Alice was already non-breathing as she hurriedly questioned a startled looking Bella.

I knew the others were nearby as well. Their thoughts colored my mind with amusement as they listened to the commotion Alice was creating.

"Alice!" Bella finally interrupted.

Alice stopped speaking but her eyes still looked up at Bella expectantly.

Bella sighed and glanced around the room for help.

We were in the living room of Carlisle and Esme's house, the house beside our own. They had moved to Alaska shortly after Bella and I had "left for college." People had been led to believe that Carlisle had been offered a medical position beside an old family friend, a position he just couldn't refuse. It was all coincidental that the job would lead him to the same small town that his son and daughter in law were "attending school."

Was it our fault that the humans were so gullible?

After Bella's gaze had unsuccessfully settled on the empty couches and the shadowed doorways – most definitely wishing that someone would come and offer a distraction – her beautiful, helpless eyes reeled in my own.

"Sorry Mrs. Cullen," I smiled, "you're on your own this time."

She scowled at me, but her eyes – almost instantly – became soft. And for once, she quickly averted her gaze.

"Bella?" Alice insisted, noticing her change in emotion at the same moment I did.

Bella's eyes rose slowly, and then instantly shifted between Alice and I. Finally they settled on mine, and the familiar – yet exotic – feeling of melting invaded my senses.

"Masen," she whispered, quietly.

The brilliant gleam in her eyes willed me to understand. My human last name? What was that suppose to mean?

But suddenly, a flash of realization hit me and I could feel my eyes widen in understanding.

"Oh," I whispered to myself, still drinking in her fervent gaze. "Mrs. Masen, then."

I didn't mean to speak the words out loud, but Alice's questions had been brewing in her mind the second Bella shifted her gaze, so I couldn't necessarily be blamed for what happened next.

Alice's golden eyes were light with elation as she called out to the others. "Jasper! Emmett and Rosalie! Carlisle and Esme! Come here! It happened! I knew it!" Her voice was much louder then necessary, for they would have heard her if she had whispered. They would have all come running too. Everybody's thoughts were composed of raw curiosity as they waited to heed Bella and her first day of school.

Emmett was the first to enter, his grin unfailing as he strode towards us, hugging Bella before playfully punching my shoulder. I smiled in response. Following behind him was Rosalie and Jasper who smiled politely and took a seat. Their thoughts were on a level of anticipation.

Esme and Carlisle were next. Esme hugged Bella and I both, though frowned at the space between us. I was still standing in doorway while Bella stood, center stage, in the living room. I smiled and leaned against the door frame, watching Bella furrow her brow, uncomfortable with all of the attention. I hugged Esme back and whispered in her ear, "Alice."

Esme nodded and her thoughts soon followed. Of course.

Once everybody had either taken a seat on the couch, or made their selves comfortable by standing, Alice began her invasion.

She took a deep breath, as if she was planning to take her time and explain things slowly, but with Alice, nobody could be that easily fooled. Quickly following her deep breath, was her rush of an explanation.

"I knew it! I told Jasper last week about the vision. Didn't I Jasper? Edward told their teacher that Bella's last name was Masen! It's because you were jealous of all the vile male thoughts in the room wasn't it," she grinned at me, and then continued without missing a beat. "Of course it was. Jealousy was never a human reaction that you out grew, though, apparently, somebody appreciates that fact."

Bella's wide eyes snapped downward to look at Alice, though they quickly narrowed. It was a waste of time to be surprised that Alice knew everything by now. It was much easier to just be furious that she would make these facts known by the others.

"Oh! And then she got him to sing…"

Everybody's mind's seemed to perk at that notation.

Edward… singing? They thought.

I rolled my eyes at their obvious incredulity.

"And then she started singing. Oh, I wish I could have been there!"

Bella… singing!?

Alice was about swooning in her own euphoria, completely oblivious to the reaction that her words had created.

Emmett was quick to interrupt her bliss. "Wait… you got Edward and Bella to sing?"

"I did no such thing," Alice answered, slightly snubbed. And then she grinned. "Bella planned it all."

Every pair of eyes in the room shifted towards where Bella stood, about a step behind Alice. Bella shrugged in discomfort.

This was the point where I would intercede. I crossed the room quickly and placed my arm around Bella's waist. "Thank you for the wonderful accusation, Alice." I scowled at her but she ignored me. "But I'm sure Bella didn't drive us here to allow you time to invade."

Alice glared at me before – very maturely – sticking her tongue out and crossing the room to stand by Jasper.

Suddenly everybody – myself included – was staring at Bella.

Bella froze under the curious stares.

Through the change, Bella had lost most of her shyness, but some of it still remained when too much attention was drawn to her.

Finally she focused her gaze on the floor and spoke. "I brought us here because... I have a question… a request, really. I'm not sure… if it's even possible… though it's obviously… risky…" before I could even interrupt her with my impatience, she inquired in a rush, "Would it be absolutely impractical for Edward and I to go to Forks for a few days?"

I couldn't even distinguish my own thoughts as the shock of the others ran like a waterfall in my brain, rapid and impenetrable.

Nobody tried to form those thoughts into words, however, and my demanding inquisitiveness was almost maddening.

"Forks?" I choked out.

Bella nodded ruefully but refused to meet my gaze.

I glanced over at my family. Esme was the first I saw, her eyes wide and disbelieving. Carlisle, beside her, seemed… thoughtful. Alice appeared to be upset – most likely due to the fact that she hadn't seen this coming. The other's held equal looks of wonder.

Carlisle spoke first. "Why do you want to go to Forks, Bella?"

"It's part of her thirteen reasons," Alice answered, matter-of-factly, her golden eyes reeling in from a vision that she refused to let me see.

"They're back to those again?" Emmett mumbled, confused.

Alice grinned. "Yes. But this time Bella's telling Edward thirteen reasons."

"Alice, you need a new hobby," Bella muttered dryly.

Patience was a virtue I obviously didn't possess, because before I knew what I was doing, I was grabbing Bella by the waist and spinning her around to face me. Her expression was startled as I leaned forward, kissing her lips lightly. I didn't want her to think that her request had angered me.

She sighed softly when I pulled away. "Are you sure, love?"

She gazed at me beneath her ebony fringe of lashes. My fingers tingled. She was too beautiful.

She nodded silently.

"What about school?"

"We can finish this week – there's only two days left – and then we can leave Friday night. I'm sure they'll understand if we say we have a family emergency." She glanced at Carlisle hopefully.

"Of course," Carlisle smiled. His head tilted slightly, his thoughts apprehensive. "You do understand, Bella, that you will both need to wear… disguises of some sort."

Alice gasped softly in the corner of the room, her eyes bright with excitement.

Bella chuckled and nodded her head towards Alice. "I think that can be arranged."

Everybody laughed as Alice grinned in triumph.

The laughter died down like music coming to a soft end. The silence was comfortable as I pressed my lips to Bella's forehead, her scent masking any form of anxiety that lingered in my mind.

"So, Bella," Emmett grinned, pushing himself away from the opposite wall, "how was your first day of school?"

xxxx

The laughter and amusement was still loud and clear as we ascended the stairs.

I didn't need Bella's power to know that we both suffered from severe embarrassment. The emotion was practically tangible in the air.

"I hate Emmett," she muttered as we turned up the second flight of stairs.

Her hate was very rightly justified -- though I knew she didn't honestly hate him. She couldn't. He was like her big brother. But then again, big brothers didn't usually ask the kinds of questions Emmett did. "You mean you didn't use the janitors room to rape your husband?" being one of them. He then went into a full tale of his janitor room tales. And I was almost positive that big brothers didn't usually do that either.

"Me too," I growled irritably as I opened the door to our bedroom. This was my bedroom, though it was more so part of the act. Bella and I each had our own in Carlisle and Esme's house. In case anyone were to become suspicious.

Our back-up story was simple enough, really. Nothing too much out of the ordinary that anyone would think to question. Carlisle and Esme were the adoptive parents of the family. Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper were our older brothers and sisters, having already been sent to college.

Carlisle had thought that Bella's first high school experience would be less hectic if it was only her and I that would attend. I agreed.

We had just moved to this part of Alaska this year, after touring a few cities. Though a few was quite an understatement.

Carlisle was quickly becoming the go-to doctor of Alaska's finest hospital.

I sighed as I realized how well this life had worked out for us. A fantasy, really. Too good to be true.

Now why in the world would Bella want to go to Forks, of all places?

I closed the door behind us softly and when I turned around, Bella was already sprawled on the bed. The walls surrounding her -- no matter how hard I had tried -- failed to match the color of her eyes. I sighed as I mimicked her position, laying beside her.

The silence was comfortable as we watched the ceiling fan above us spin in a lazy circle. The crickets outside were almost tranquil and I closed my eyes.

Bella's hand reached for mine and I grasped it lightly. Keeping my eyes closed as I brought her flawless skin to my lips, leaving it there for a long moment. I breathed in her scent until the wonderful fragrance saturated every inch of my senses. And soon, all I knew, was her beautiful scent.

My mind was still clouded when she first spoke. "Am I different?"

She wasn't looking at me, her eyes were trained on the ceiling, though her soft voice was thoughtful.

"Excuse me?"

"Before... in the car. I told you some of the things that I noticed about you, when I became a vampire. And I was wondering..." she continued, "if there's anything that you noticed about me?" Her head tilted towards me, her eyes trying to capture my own. Instead of allowing that, I stared at her hand in mine, the two shades of paleness blending together. Her hand was as still as mine, and I appraised the bluish veins that sat motionless in her small wrist. The familiar sense of guilt ripped at my chest. I kept my gaze to myself.

"Well, besides the obvious," I said softly, hesitating, before placing my hand against her chest. "I noticed that you press your lips together when you're embarrassed. I guess I was always preoccupied with the blush," my finger skimmed her cold cheek. "You're just as beautiful, of course," I mumbled capturing a strand of hair between my fingers, still avoiding her eyes. She sighed and I could almost imagine her eyes rolling at my more than true statement. It had been impossible for her to become more beautiful. I smoothed the strand of hair I had been fiddling with behind her ear. "I noticed that you have the loveliest orgasm face."

"Edward!" She shrieked, slapping my shoulder.

I chuckled and reached forward, pulling her against my chest. "It's true," I laughed, kissing the top of her head.

"You know, I would be blushing right now. If I could," she mumbled against my chest.

I sighed quietly. "I know."

We were both quiet for a moment. I stopped breathing in order to listen to Bella's soft breaths.

Finally she spoke in a mumbled whisper. "Do you miss her?"

"Miss who?"

Her breathing stopped for a moment. I considered pulling away, to see her expression, but then she would see mine, and I didn't want to risk the chance of letting her see the guilt that had possibly lingered there.

"Human Bella," she whispered thoughtfully. "Do you miss her?"

I sighed and pulled my beautiful Bella closer, running my fingers though her thick hair. "How can I miss her, love? She never left."

In her spot against my chest I felt her full lips press against my shirt.

"I know the third reason why I love you."

"Do you, now?"

She pulled away from my chest to look at me. It probably shouldn't have startled me, the power in her eyes as they locked with my own, but it did. It always did.

"The third reason why I love you is your feelings." She smiled softly. "I knew most of them, from what you told me when I was a human. But feeling them..." she placed a hand over her silent chest. "Sometimes the feelings don't even have words that correspond with them. And it frustrates me sometimes, when I don't know what you're feeling." Her eyes narrowed thoughtfully. "Like now," she sighed in annoyance, evaluating my eyes. "I don't know what that emotion is."

I chuckled quietly and traced the shape of her lips. "That, my beautiful, is love."

She smiled and shook her head softly. "I know that emotion, silly vampire."

I grinned and kissed the tip of her nose.

"I am curious," I confessed quietly. She nodded her head. " Have you really been planning this since you were human?"

Her eyes widened and her lips pressed together. Embarrassment.

She buried her face against my chest and her breathing was abruptly slow and deep.

"Bella?"

"I'm sleeping," she mumbled.

I chuckled at her absurdity and brushed her hair off of her forehead before kissing it.

"Goodnight, Bella."

"Love you," she mumbled, already half "asleep".

"I love you too."

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